Dennis, IIRC, the dbca creates an spfile in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs, and
startup reads that by default. If you make changes in init.ora, you'd
have to create a new spfile for them to be recognized. With 9.x, the
preferred way to change parameters is via ALTER SYSTEM...SCOPE...,
which makes the change directly to the spfile.
HTH,
Paul Baumgartel
--- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_lifetouch.com> wrote:
> For Oracle 9.2 (Solaris), can anyone tell me where Oracle is
> expecting the
> init.ora file?
>
> I created the database using dbca. It created an init.ora in
> admin/{db_name}/pfile. I moved this to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs and renamed
> the
> original init.ora file. Then I discovered that Oracle is not reading
> the new
> init.ora. The database starts fine, with no errors. I tried moving
> the
> init.ora file back to the original pfile location, but it is still
> not
> reading it. Specifically, I am trying to set LOG_ARCHIVE_START =
> true, but I
> have made other changes and they are not taking effect either.
>
> I have searched the documentation, and while there is the new SPFILE,
> there
> is no indication how this might affect my problem.
>
> Any insights from someone that has turned archiving on with 9.2 would
> be
> appreciated.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 20% OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
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